Woodside Hall Nursing Home
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Polegate Road
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 3PQ
| Care Type | Care Home |
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| Care Category | Residential | Nursing | Dementia | Respite |
| Availability | Yes |
| Weekly Prices From | £1,400.00 |
| Regulator's Rating | Good |
Meet The Manager
Sharon Lloyd is Director/Registered Manager at Woodside Hall Nursing Home.
Sharon Lloyd has been Managing the home for the past 24 years, she is an enthusiastic Director/Registered Manager and during this time has gained a wealth of knowledge and qualifications including Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care. Having had a true insight of meeting residents needs & Safety to ensure they have a good quality of life.She is able to support the needs of relatives and ensure the staff are supported in all areas with an open door policy and all training provided.
Woodside Hall Nursing Home stands in spacious landscaped grounds halfway between the charter market town of Hailsham and the town of Polegate, home to a main line railway station, and is just 5 miles from the seaside town of Eastbourne.
The purpose of Woodside Hall Nursing Home is to provide residents with a home away from home, all residents, whether they are here for short term respite or long term care, are treated with the same amount of love and care and are made to feel as happy and comfortable as possible. Here at Woodside we provide 24 hour nursing from friendly, fully qualified staff that are always on hand to ensure that all of our residents’ needs are met.
It can be daunting to think about a loved one staying in a nursing home but, rest assured, Woodside Hall isn’t like other nursing homes, we try to provide our residents with an environment that feels much more like that of an hotel, relaxed and friendly, with a welcome basket of toiletries and fresh towels provided upon arrival and embroidered robes and slippers, flowers, newspapers, manicurists and hairdressers available upon request.
| Care Options | We Can Provide |
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| Support For | Companionship, Convalescence, End of Life, High Dependency, Nursing Dementia / EMI, Palliative, Personal care, Reablement, Rehabilitation, Support for Couples. |
| Disability Support | Bed Bound, Hearing Impairment, Physical Disability, Physically Frail, Requires Hoist , Speech Impairment, Visual Impairment, Walking Frame, Wheel Chair Bound. |
| Medication | By Mouth, Change Catheter, Injection, Suppository. |
| Nursing Specialisms | Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Liver Disease, Lung Disease, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke. |
| Type Of Dementia | Mild Dementia, Moderate Dementia, Severe Dementia (EMI). |
| Dementia Behaviour | Agitation / Restlessness, Challenging Behaviour, Disrupted Sleep Patterns, Mild Forgetfulness, Violent Behaviour, Wandering . |
| Dementia Specialisms | Alzheimer's, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, Mixed Dementias, Picks Disease, Vascular Dementia. |
| Respite Care | Yes |
Autumna has invited care providers to evidence the infection control measures they are carrying out, above and beyond those laid out by the government, in order to keep residents, staff and visitors safe.
| Connectivity for resident testing, monitoring & communications |
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Infection control and the safety of both residents and staff often requires quarantine measures and the isolation of care home residents. To test, monitor and allow residents to communicate with relatives, the prevalence of room-level connectivity within the home is becoming increasingly relevant. Wireless Internet access (WiFi) Yes, our care home has WiFi in all our resident’s rooms. Mobile Phone Network Coverage (mobile “signal”) Yes, our care home has mobile phone signal in all our resident’s rooms. Telephone for external calling Yes, our care home provides a telephone in all our resident’s rooms. Family Portal Yes, our care home has provides families with a family portal. Find out more about Family Portals here. |
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We are on Facebook| Minimum Age |
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| 65 |
| LGBTQ Welcome |
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| Yes |
| Our Building and Facilities |
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As you enter the building you will immediately appreciate the warm and friendly ambience of our lovely home. Woodside Hall is decorated to a high standard throughout and also benefits from extensive beautifully manicured gardens, we have an in house maintenance team to ensure that these standards never falter and ensure the home is kept as lovely as possible. Woodside Hall offers 47 single and 6 double rooms, all en-suite, over two floors; the first floor is served by two lifts and three stairways for ease of access. In addition there are two dining rooms, three lounges, a beautiful large conservatory and the gardens with a paved seating area for the residents to relax in. To ensure the safety of our a residents a number of measures are taken including having corridors that are wide and bright with handrails to aid mobility, having bathing and showering assisted by our care staff to ensure a pleasurable and safe experience, and we have modern fire detectors and fire doors which are tested weekly. |
| Is Our Home Purpose Built |
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| Yes |
| The Year Our Home Was Built |
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| 1 Jan 1980 |
| How Many Floors We Have |
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| 2 |
| Who Owns Our Building |
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| Private |
| Communal Rooms |
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| Conservatory, Dining Rooms, Sitting Rooms, TV Lounges. |
| What Else Do We Provide |
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| Assisted Bathroom, Beauty Salon, Chiropodist, Dentist, GP, Hairdressers, Library, Lift, Minibus, Optician, Overnight Guest Stay. |
| Our Garden |
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| Communal Garden, Communal Patio, Private Garden(s), Scenic Views, Seating, Vegetable Plot, Wheelchair Friendly Access. |
| How 'Smart' Are We? |
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| Individual Heating Controls, Reduce Plastic Use, Virtual Reality. |
| Brochures |
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| WoodsideHall_Brochure2022_Spreads (002).pdf |
| Our Photos |
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| Description |
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All of the rooms here at Woodside Hall are en-suite and have been furnished and decorated beautifully. Residents are very welcome to bring with them small items of furniture, ornaments and personal touches to add a more homely feel to their room. Emergency call systems are provided in all the rooms and around the home and rooms are also complete with a flat screen colour television and an easy to use telephone for making and receiving outside calls. |
| About Our Rooms | |
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| Number Of Rooms | 59 |
| Number Of Ensuite Rooms | 53 |
| We offer these types of ensuite rooms: WC and Basin. | |
| Type Of Room |
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| Shared Room, Single Room. |
| Room Features |
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| Direct Garden Access, Furnished, Garden View, Step Free Access, Unfurnished. |
| Room Facilities |
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| Alarm, Freeview TV, Internet Access, Private Patio, Secure Access, Telephone Point. |
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| Weekly Fees Start From | Fee |
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| Residential Fees From / Price Per Week | £1,400.00 |
| Nursing Fees From / Price Per Week | £1,750.00 |
| Respite Fees From / Price Per Week | £1,750.00 |
| Funding Types | |
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| Local Authority | East Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| We Accept Self-Funding Clients | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority Funding | Yes |
| We Accept NHS Continuing Healthcare | Yes |
| We Accept Local Authority funding with a Third Party Top-Up | Yes |
Choice Dining is a food-focused accreditation designed to give care-seekers like yourself the ability to consider and compare the dining experience within different care settings.
To be awarded the Choice Dining badge, a care home will have committed to delivering exceptional dining experiences with a strong focus on preference, individuality, hygiene and the environment. You can explore the specifics of all participating homes in the tab below to learn more about the food on offer, how it is served and presented and what they’re doing to cater for your personal taste. For more information about Choice Dining please click here.
| Styles of Food |
 Gluten-free
Halal
Kosher
Pureed
Vegan
Vegetarian
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| Hospitality |
Guests are welcome for dinner (Covid permitting)
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| Our Menu |
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The preparation, nutritional value and presentation of food.
Attractive drinks and adaptive cups/glasses are available and accessible where needed.
Individual dietary needs are person centred.
Our menu is balanced.
Snacks are provided for residents that require texture-modified food.
Sweet and savoury foods are provided between meals (this does not just include cakes and biscuits).
A critical component for good health.
5 Star Rated by UK Food Standards. Hand hygiene for both residents and staff.
We are following best practice including NICE guidelines as a standard.
We are conducting internal and/or 3rd party food safety audits.
We have allergen management policies in place.
A freedom to eat the food you want, when you want it.
Staff sit with the residents they support when they dine.
Residents can order food not on the menu, or have access to an ‘evergreen menu’.
More than one option is available at mealtimes for all residents, including those with special and theraputic diets.
The best interest choices are made for residents unable to make their own choices.
Delivering a respectful and quality service.
Residents are given appropriate and dignified crockery / glassware and cutlery.
Staff understand and pre-empt potential meal-time behaviours which can impact nutritional intake.
Staff always use appropriate and dignified language (e.g. it is an ‘apron’ not a ‘bib’).
We promote an inclusive dining experience.
There are no unnecessary disruptions during mealtimes.
| Activities Are So Important |
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During their stay here residents will be invited to join in with daily activities, run by our friendly and enthusiastic activities coordinator, who visits five times a week. Activities include cheese & wine, knitting, arts and crafts. Flower arranging, poetry, table games, movie afternoons and much more. Music is a prominent feature of our activities programme and we regularly have visiting entertainers performing all types of music. In addition, a touring theatre group also performs here four times per year. If residents do not wish to partake in communal activities then in-room entertainment can be provided, such as films, magazines, books, puzzles or knitting. Family and friends are always more than welcome to join in with activities. Interdenominational Holy Communion is given by the clergy and everyone is invited to attend, personal visits from the clergy are also welcomed. |
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| Timetables |
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| January 2024 Newsletter.pdf |
| Activities At Home |
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| Animal Petting, Board Games, Crafts, Excursions, Flower Arranging, Gardening, Knitting / Embroidery, Music Entertainment, Painting, Pet Therapy, Quiz Games, Religious Services, Reminiscence, Singing, Visiting Entertainment, Word Games. |
| Activities Outside Our Home |
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| Garden Centre, Shopping. |
| Our Pets |
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We have Tilly, our registered K9 concern Dog residential pet here. She is always happy to visit all residents in the home. |
| Can You Bring Your Pet |
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| No |
Polegate Road
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 3PQ
Regulator: CQC
| Current Ratings | |
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| Overall | Good |
| Safe | Good |
| Well Led | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Effective | Good |
| Inspection Reports | |
| Last inspected | 31st January 2023 |
| Last rated | 16th March 2023 |
| Reports | |
| Registration Date | 24th January 2011 |
| Service Provider | Premium Care Limited, BN27 3PQ |
16th March 2023 | Transport |
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| Bus Stop nearby, Car Park on-site, Train Station nearby. |
| Places of Worship |
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| Anglican Church, Catholic Church, Methodist Church. |
| Nearby Services |
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| Garden Centre, Hospital, Park, Pub, Restaurant, Shopping Centre, Shops. |
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